He was born in his grandpa Howard's house in Huntington on Jan. 25, 1935 to Robert Harvey and Florence Douglas Howard.

Married Darlene Carlson the love of his life, March 1,1966. She died Dec. 27, 2010.

He loved and supported his children's enthusiam for sports by attending all of their games. Everything he touched turned to gold.

Pete supported his family, first, when they lived in Montana. He was recognized for his meticulous, skillful heavy equipment operation. He then worked within the logging industry, finally retiring from Price River Coal Company #8622.

Pete made hundreds of friends selling home-grown vegetables, specializing in tomatoes. He cherished those friendships.

He was a warm, kindhearted man who will be deeply missed by his children and grandchildren. He was everybody's hero.

Dad's motto was: If you apply yourself, you can accomplish anything and with hard work you can have everything.